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The happily ever after is only part of the story… A funny, touching, hopeful gem about love, marriage and second chances

It’s the day before her daughter’s wedding and things are not going well for Gail Baines. First thing, she loses her job – or quits, depending who you ask. Then her ex-husband Max turns up at her door expecting to stay for the festivities. He doesn’t even have a suit. Instead, he’s brought memories, a shared sense of humour – and a cat looking for a new home.

Just as Gail is wondering what’s next, their daughter Debbie discovers her groom has been keeping a secret…

As the big day dawns, the exes just can’t agree on what’s best for Debbie. Gail is seriously worried, while Max seems more concerned with whether to opt for the salmon or prime rib at the reception, if they make it that far.

The day after the wedding, Gail and Max prepare to go their separate ways again. But all the questions about the future of the happy couple have stirred up the past for Gail. Because ‘happy’ takes many forms, and sometimes the younger generation has much to teach the older about secrets, acceptance and taking the rough with the smooth.

‘A joy to read in a single relaxing afternoon’ JACQUELINE WILSON

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Razor sharp on family, love and marriage' DAVID NICHOLLS

'I devoured it in one long lazy afternoon - I laughed and cried' VICTORIA HISLOP

© Anne Tyler 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Critics Review

Quietly magical… Tyler turns the stuff of everyday life — work, marriage, family — into something truly special

The Times

A masterly portrait of a divorced couple brought together by their daughter’s wedding… characters so alive they could be sitting next to you telling you what happened to them last Tuesday – and the ending is a beautya wise, wonderful book

Observer

Perfect for diving into on a lazy afternoon

Independent, *Books to Look Out For 2025*

This novel goes down like a cold glass of wine on a warm summer’s afternoon… a wryly funny comedy of manners

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Sublimely written and beautifully observed

Good Housekeeping

Tyler’s sentences are wholly hers, instantly recognisable and impossible to duplicate

HANYA YANIGIHARA

One of my favourite writers

ALI SMITH

She knows all the secrets of the human heart

MONICA ALI

Anne Tyler tales the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing

RACHEL JOYCE

My favourite writer

NICK HORNBY

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